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Any man of reasonable intelligence can make money if that's what he wants. Mostly it's women or clothes or admiration he really wants and they deflect him.

Any man of reasonable intelligence can make money if that's what he wants. Mostly it's women or clothes or admiration he really wants and they deflect him.

John Steinbeck
Business, Men, Clothes
John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.64, Penguin

In business and in politics a man must carve and maul his way through men to get to be King of the Mountain. Once there, he can be great and kind-but he must get there first.

John Steinbeck
Kings, Business, Men
John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.149, Penguin

Fella in business got to lie an' cheat, but he calls it somepin else. That's what's important. You go steal that tire an' you're a thief, but he tried to steal your four dollars for a busted tire. They call that sound business.

John Steinbeck
Business, Lying, Important
John Steinbeck (2016). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.95, Hamilton Books

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